06-13-2008, 08:21 PM
|
 | Moderator | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Posts: 5,287
Thanks: 646
Thanked 2,526 Times in 1,021 Posts
| |
Quote:
Originally Posted by satz  It is a term I believe I have seen before, but what is 'closing with Christ' in the way Manton meant it here? | He goes on to describe the explicit acts of faith: Quote: |
The explicit acts, when a soul thus humbled casts itself upon Christ for grace, mercy, and salvation. This may be explained with respect to the two great ordinances, i.e., the word and prayer, which are, as it were, a spiritual dialogue between God and the soul. In the word, God speaketh to us; in prayer, we speak to God. God offereth Christ to us in the word, and we present him to God in prayer. So that the acts of faith are to accept of Christ as offered, and then to make use of him in our communion with God; and by this shall you know whether you do believe in him.
|
__________________
Yours sincerely, 
"Illum oportet crescere me autem minui."
|